Yes, I live in Brisbane, buy from iHerb regularly. Just recently placed 3 orders about a week apart each - each took about 8 days to get here. AusPost tends to be very slow, but the iHerb stuff was shipped via DHL.
I got bulk quercetin from ebay early last year - when I saw that HCQ was being banned, I thought i had better stock up on therapeutics before they all disappeared! (I also got bulk Vitamin C, the wherewithal to make liposomal C, and some IVM horse paste from amazon).
NAC is also very hard to find right now - it has been made prescription only in the US, so online supplies have been over-stretched.
With iherb, you can ask to be notified when the item is back in stock, and I have had good results from doing this.
The product pages state that the grapefruit seed extract is just there as a preservative. Presumably it does have some anti-bacterial/anti-viral properties, as a preservative, though the significance would depend on the amount (it is the last listed ingredient, which suggests a tiny amount - but hard to guess how significant this might be for the product efficacy).
"Given the more transmissible variants we now face, this is critical now,тАЭ said Professor Mark Cannon, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. тАЬSecond, using electron microscopy, we have visual evidence showing that xylitol and GSE counters the virus. The GSE kills the virus, while the xylitol prevents the virus from attaching to the cell walls. The image (attached) shows SARS-CoV-2 viruses outside the cell and never attached, thereby preventing infection,тАЭ added Dr. Cannon. The study postulates that xylitol acts as a decoy target for SARS-CoV-2, preventing virus attachment to the core protein on the cell wall."
You could probably create your own saline/xylitol solution, but you have to be careful about sterility and doses. Too much salt or xylitol will injure the nasal passages and sinuses.
You can get sterile saline quite cheaply at any pharmacy, in the contact lens section, already isotonic concentration. (I got some to make up a H2O2 nebulising solution).
Australia is pretty isolated. I'll look locally first.
Some of the shelves in the states are looking like the Soviet Union. We found it locally, but had better luck through Amazon (I know, I know).
Good to know re: Amazon. Thanks.
iherb is excellent for Aussies - shipping is reasonable cost & time, & they have a huge range of products!
You've bought from them?
In Australia, I mean? Our ports are backed up a bit like other countries, and deliveries are slow af at the moment, or have been.
Yes, I live in Brisbane, buy from iHerb regularly. Just recently placed 3 orders about a week apart each - each took about 8 days to get here. AusPost tends to be very slow, but the iHerb stuff was shipped via DHL.
Most of the quercetin is out of stock?
I got bulk quercetin from ebay early last year - when I saw that HCQ was being banned, I thought i had better stock up on therapeutics before they all disappeared! (I also got bulk Vitamin C, the wherewithal to make liposomal C, and some IVM horse paste from amazon).
NAC is also very hard to find right now - it has been made prescription only in the US, so online supplies have been over-stretched.
With iherb, you can ask to be notified when the item is back in stock, and I have had good results from doing this.
Appreciate the reply and info.
It's about twice the price in Oz, unfortunately.
https://www.megavitamins.com.au/collections/brand-xlear/products/xlear-xylitol-saline-nasal-spray-fast-relief-1-5-fl-oz-45-ml
Looks like Xlear is just xylitol in a saline solution - you could make it yourself very cheaply!
The ingredients are...Purified Water, Xylitol, Saline, Grapefruit Seed Extract.
Grapefruit Seed Extract is the antiviral ingredient.
Xylitol has antibacterial properties.
The product pages state that the grapefruit seed extract is just there as a preservative. Presumably it does have some anti-bacterial/anti-viral properties, as a preservative, though the significance would depend on the amount (it is the last listed ingredient, which suggests a tiny amount - but hard to guess how significant this might be for the product efficacy).
"Given the more transmissible variants we now face, this is critical now,тАЭ said Professor Mark Cannon, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. тАЬSecond, using electron microscopy, we have visual evidence showing that xylitol and GSE counters the virus. The GSE kills the virus, while the xylitol prevents the virus from attaching to the cell walls. The image (attached) shows SARS-CoV-2 viruses outside the cell and never attached, thereby preventing infection,тАЭ added Dr. Cannon. The study postulates that xylitol acts as a decoy target for SARS-CoV-2, preventing virus attachment to the core protein on the cell wall."
https://www.aestheticsadvisor.com/2021/09/xlear-nasal-spray-covid-19-study.html
The article contains a link to the study preprint, which does not contain the quote.
Thanks for that info! ...noted & copied.
You could probably create your own saline/xylitol solution, but you have to be careful about sterility and doses. Too much salt or xylitol will injure the nasal passages and sinuses.
Xlear is available in Australia.
You can get sterile saline quite cheaply at any pharmacy, in the contact lens section, already isotonic concentration. (I got some to make up a H2O2 nebulising solution).
A google search brought this up: https://welllifefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Nasal-Sinus-Rinse-Recipes.pdf
I think it might be worthwhile to start with an actual bottle of Xlear, as the dispensing bottle might be the hardest thing to find!
And yes, it is available in/for Australia - I see that iherb have it, at a reasonable price too.